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Foreign Direct Investment, Sectoral Effects and Economic Growth in Africa

Earlier studies on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on...

Yakubu A. Sare, Eric E. O. Opoku, Muazu Ibrahim

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Effect of Financial Development on Economic Growth in sub–Saharan Africa: Does Sectoral...

This paper examines the overall economic growth effect when the gro...

Paul Alagidede, Muazu Ibrahim

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Shaking out or shaking in: The impact of Zimbabwe's economic crisis on the country's ma...

Zimbabwe had one of the world’s worst economic crises from th...

Nicholas Masiyandima, Lawrence Edwards

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Unveiling the Energy Saving Role of Banking Performance in Sub-Sahara Africa

Using a two-step system generalized method of moment (GMM) techniqu...

Rebecca A. Klege, ‪Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah, Philip K. Adom, ‪Edmond Hagan, Anthony Amoah

Policy Brief

The measurement of institutions and instability in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1880-2010

This paper introduces a new database for Property Rights, Political...

Alain P. Bala

Policy Brief

Regional disparities in income-independent quality of life in South Africa: convergence...

The purpose of this study is to add to the empirical literature reg...

Trust R. Mpofu, Stephanié Rossouw, Talita Dalton-Greyling

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Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Employment Growth in South Africa: The Case of Manufa...

This paper investigates the effect of exchange rate volatility on e...

Trust R. Mpofu, Eftychia Nikolaidou

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Financial Structure and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

This study examines the effect of financial structure on economic g...

Eftychia Nikolaidou, Naomi M. Mathenge

Policy Brief

Regulatory ambiguity and policy uncertainty in South Africa’s telecommunications sector

The competitive effects of telecommunications transactions and the ...

Nicola Theron, Lara Granville, Helanya Fourie

Policy Brief

Nonlinearities in Financial Development–Economic Growth Nexus: Evidence from sub–Sahara...

The impact of financial development on economic growth has received...

Paul Alagidede, Muazu Ibrahim

Policy Brief

Institutions and Other Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

The primacy of factors of production, such as labour and capital, o...

Olusegun A. Akanbi, David Fadiran

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Evolution of institutions in Ghana and implications for economic growth

This report discusses the evolution of institutions and compares th...

Emmanuel M. Letete, George Agbenyo, Wisdom Akpalu, Mare Sarr

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Modelling exchange rate volatility dynamics: Empirical evidence from South Africa

In this paper, we extend the literature on modelling exchange rate ...

Greg Farrell, Cyril May

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The behaviour of the real effective rate of South Africa: is there a misalignment

The debate about the equilibrium level of the South African rand an...

Meshach J. Aziakpono, Melvin M. Khomo

Policy Brief

Does Infrastructure Really Explain Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Given the well-known public infrastructure deficit in Sub-Saharan A...

Odongo Kodongo, Kalu Ojah

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The effect of education on a country’s energy consumption: Evidence from developed and ...

Education has been regarded throughout history as one of the main d...

Luis D. del Corral Morales, Roula Inglesi-Lotz

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Can social grants promote small-scale farming to improve food security?

Public expenditure on South Africa’s cash transfer (or social grant...

Louw Pienaar, Dieter von Fintel

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The Interdependence between the Saving Rate and Technology across Regimes: Evidence fro...

This paper hypothesises that the saving rate and technological prog...

Kevin S. Nell, Maria M. De Mello

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The Nexus between Infrastructure (Quantity and Quality) and Economic Growth

This paper examines the growth effects of infrastructure stock and ...

Chengete Chakamera, Paul Alagidede

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Will Technological Change Save the World? The Rebound Effect in International Transfer...

Technological change and its transfer to developing countries is of...

Tim Swanson, Mare Sarr

Policy Brief

Measurement and analysis of the evolution of institutions in Nigeria

“Institutions matter” has become a generally accepted premise in de...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Mare Sarr, David O. Fadiran

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Push factors of emerging multinational corporations: evidence from South Africa and Egypt

As literature remains sparse regarding emerging African multination...

André C. Jordaan, Mustafa Sakr

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Financial Reforms and the Finance –Growth Relationship in the Southern African Developm...

The role of finance in economic growth in SADC has been downplayed ...

Gift Mugano, Pierre Le Roux, Alex Bara

Policy Brief

Exploring the nexus of electricity supply and economic growth in South Africa

This paper investigates the causal relationship between electricity...

Pierre Le Roux, Gift Mugano, Hlalefang Khobai

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Financial Development and Economic Growth in SADC: Cross Country Spatial Spill-Over Eff...

The study bridges a knowledge gap regarding the relationship betwee...

Gift Mugano, Pierre Le Roux, Alex Bara

Policy Brief

Does Infrastructure Really Explain Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?

In the light of Africa’s palpable deficit in public infrastructure,...

Odongo Kodongo, Kalu Ojah

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Financial Reforms and the Finance-Growth Relationship in the Southern African Developme...

The role of finance in economic growth in SADC has been downplayed ...

Gift Mugano, Pierre Le Roux, Alex Bara

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The Impact of Basic and Social Infrastructure Investment on Economic Growth and Social ...

Basic and social infrastructure investment can assist in addressing...

Derick Blaauw, Talita Dalton-Greyling, Henk Gnade

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Path dependence and interdependence between institutions and development

Path dependence theory, within the institutions context, means that...

Mare Sarr, David Fadiran

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Sources of Dualism in Modern Rationalist Thought: Implications for Islamic Economics

This paper follows on from the previous one in this series on the i...

Abdulkader C. Mahomedy

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Financial Innovation and Economic Growth in the SADC

The study empirically establishes the causal relationship between f...

Gift Mugano, Pierre Le Roux, Alex Bara

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The influence of financial market development on economic growth in BRICS countries

The debate about the influence of financial market development on e...

Charles V. R. Wait, Tafadzwa Ruzive

Policy Brief

Construction, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

The construction sector in developing countries has propelled econo...

Jones O. Mensah, Paul Alagidede

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Counting the cost of drought induced productivity losses in an agro-based economy: The ...

Climate variability can affect economies directly through its impac...

Elizabeth L. Roos, Nicholas Kilimani, Jan H. van Heerden, Heinrich R. Bohlmann

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Financial Reforms and the Finance – Growth Relationship in the Southern African Develop...

This study seeks to establish the casual relationship between finan...

Gift Mugano, Pierre Le Roux, Alex Bara

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Output Decomposition in the Presence of Input Quality Effects: A Stochastic Frontier Ap...

How do physical capital accumulation and Total Factor Productivity ...

Yasmina R. Limam, Stephen M. Miller, Giampaolo Garzarelli

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